In History

Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Discovery for May 2013 Classic Motorcycle and Badlands art from Motor Marc By Christine Paige Diers While there are plenty of great motorcycles to see when you visit the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame, there are also lots of other historic items and memorabilia on exhibit in the museum. Read the full story

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Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Discovery for April 2013 1938 Indian with a Sidecar By Christine Paige Diers with photos by Christine and courtesy of the Bob T. Collection When John Paul DeJoria was searching for just the right motorcycle to place in the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum, a 1938 Indian made the most sense. Read the full story

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Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Discovery for March 2013 The 1914 Minneapolis and the Amazing Michaelson Inventions By Christine Paige Diers with photos by Christine and courtesy of the Bob T. Collection Starting in 1908, brothers Joe, Walter and John Michaelson opened a manufacturing operation in Minneapolis and manufactured Minneapolis motorcycles. The brothers later added the Michaelson motorcycle. Read the full story

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Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Discovery for January 2013 Pearl Hoel Collected Rally Documents in Scrapbooks Text and Photos by Christine Paige Diers Like the dead sea scrolls Christine discovered the source of Sturgis Rally History right within reach in Sturgis. The matron of the rally Pearl Hoel, wife of the founder Pappy Hoel collected memorabilia from the rally since the beginning in 1938. Read the full story

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Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Discovery for December 2012 1910 Indian Tri-Car By Christine Paige Diers A few years ago, Bryan Vander Laan found a 1910 Indian single motor and started thinking about what he might be able to do with it. Read the full story

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Sturgis Museum Findings: 20 Years Ago at the Rally Did You Attend the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally 20 Years Ago? By Christine Paige Diers Do you recall some of the great events of that year, or do you even have any memories of that year? One thing is for sure, about 100,000 people attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally that year, and the Rapid City Journal worked hard to document some of the great events that happened each day. Read the full story

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Sturgis Museum Displays a Wood Motorcycle Based around a 1909 Harley Twin By Christine Paige Diers The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is pleased to be the new home for an all wooden motorcycle built by wood artist Mike Sohn of Hannibal, Missouri. The bike, which is modeled after a 1909 Harley-Davidson Twin took a year and a half to complete. The artist estimates there are at least nine different kinds of wood in the creation. Read the full story

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HARLEY-DAVIDSON, THE SWEET YEARS At Last the Final Report: Evos Rule By Scooter Tramp Scotty Written by Scooter Tramp Scotty who lives on the road on his Evo, and has for two decades. Read the full story

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